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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Opera can actually be kinda fun, especially if it's in a language you understand. It's (mis)understood to be stuffy and boring now, but back in the day it was low-brow entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Trying to rack my brain for english operas,, I played pit for GianCarlo Menotti's the old maid and the thief, a fun 20th century one.

Most of what comes to mind is older baroque stuff tho

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Benjamin Britten

John Adams

Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, libretto co-written by W.H. Auden

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